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Telescope: Takahashi FSQ | Designation: The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun, which exploded around 8,000 years ago. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, or 36 times the area, of the full Moon). The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, but Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) data supports a distance of about 1,470 light-years. (Wiki) |
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Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO | Constellation: Cygnus |
Camera: Apogee U16-M 16803 with Astrodon Ver. 2 Filters | Remotely Imaged With CCD Commander |
Guiding:SBIG ST402 Guider | Type: Super Nova Remnant |
Exposure Data: Narrow Band Ha, SII, OIII 5 hours ea. | Position: R.A. 20h 45m 38.0s Dec +30° 42' 30" |
Processed using Maxim data aquisition, PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing | Date: August 2019 |
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz | Imaging Location: Cave Creek Canyon Observatory |
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